Malfeasant @ Malfeasant @lemmy.world

Malfeasant@lemmy.world

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They're exactly the ones who should know better...

There's a Worcester in Massachusetts, local pronunciation rhymes with sister (which is in turn said like "sista")

Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable

My wife says "wheelbarrel" and I giggle every time.

Tldr.

There is something between doing absolutely nothing, and working your ass off to make someone else rich. Most of us want that middle ground.

I slack. Oh boy do I slack. I'd work so harder if I thought I would actually get something for it. In fact, when I started my latest job, I was doing just that, because it seemed this company was different, and it's something I'm naturally good at. Got commended by my boss about how much I was doing, how quickly I was learning, how in a year I had already surpassed the next most recent hire that had been there for 2 years... Then time came for my review, and it was a "meets expectations". Like wtf do I have to do to exceed expectations? Then not long after, they started denying me time off, saying I had taken too much. Supposedly we had unlimited PTO, of which I had taken 2 weeks so far that year (1 week in March, the rest just single days here and there), and my request was for a week in July... Anywho long story short, I've pretty much figured out exactly how much I have to fake being busy to not get negative attention, and I do that. I milk cases for all they're worth. And I'm still getting more done than half my colleagues. I hate it, but it pays decently, so I have a hard time throwing it away for something that might be more fulfilling, but doesn't pay as well...

Neutrino burst typically precedes a supernova, at least I remember reading that somewhere... Don't ask me where...

What other kind is there? Stealing from the poor isn't crime, it's just business.

To a rich person, losing some (not even all) of their money is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

We do that here in the US too, we might hide it better though.

Hello, Bruce. Have you seen Bruce?

Ackshully, it's spelled nybble...

Makes me think... How many vegans refuse to drive?

That is not necessarily true. Yes, women are generally weaker than men, but individual variation means a woman can be stronger than a man.

Aside from that, the difference in strength doesn't matter that much- no matter how much my mom hit me, I never really had the desire to hit her back. Even when I was a teenager and could have wrecked her, I didn't want to. Then on top of that, there's the very real problem of authorities getting involved, they're going to assume the male is the aggressor, really limits your available options...

It was the same for my dad. I still remember their last fight before the divorce. They were cleaning up after dinner, and my dad dropped the ice cube tray, scattering ice across the floor. This set my mom off and she started screaming at him about how worthless he was, and she tried to kick him in the gut. He caught her foot, purely out of self defense, but that threw her off balance and she fell on the cat dishes, which led to some pretty gnarly bruising... I didn't see the whole fight, I was upstairs, but I heard it going on and came down just in time to see my mom sitting on the floor (sobbing, like she hadn't started the whole thing) and my dad standing there with a look of "I can't take this anymore"

Anywho, the point of all that was, it's not about physical strength - an abuser has a meanness that their victim(s) lack, and that matters far more.

Yeah but Alaska doesn't count because hardly anyone lives there...

Then they bitch about California.

I use Arch because not only am I into self abuse, I also enjoy being publicly flogged whenever I ask for help, which is never, because anytime I have a problem with it, there's a pretty good chance someone else has asked before me.

This isn't tv. Cops aren't going into a hostage situation as it is right now. Cops go in guns blazing when they are confident there is little threat, if there is actual threat they take their time.

If someone barricades themselves in their home, why not just wait them out? Cut off power & water, couple days max.

To be fair, it was a former address of the suspect, so it's not like they read it wrong, it just was outdated. Doesn't excuse this shit though.

Who's going to stop them?